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Author Freedman, Robert, 1960-

Title Noise wars : compulsory media and our loss of autonomy / Robert Freedman.

Publication Info. New York : Algora Pub., [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 205 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Silence at 99[cent sign] a pop -- The new world of captivity -- TV in public spaces -- Outdoor rooms : when memory goes missing -- Boom cars : as funny as a heart attack -- You hear me, therefore I am -- Creating a new world of stress -- What it all boils down to : users v. stewards -- What does a responsible-media environment look like?
Summary Let me place on your radar screen an issue that for most people goes by unnoticed. Every day it is there for all of us to see and hear? if we can just notice it for that first time. This is the rising use of media, the use of media in abusive, penetrating ways. Our freedom to choose whether or not we consume that media is taken away from us. & br / & br /With their business model coming under pressure from shrinking audiences, media companies seek to regain their footing by forcing people to consume TV and other digital content outside the home by turning public and private settings into captive-
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Subject Mass media -- Social aspects.
Mass media -- Social aspects.
Mass media -- Technological innovations.
Mass media -- Technological innovations.
Advertising -- Social aspects.
Advertising -- Social aspects.
Advertising -- Psychological aspects.
Advertising -- Psychological aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Freedman, Robert, 1960- Noise wars. New York : Algora Pub., ©2009 9780875867144 0875867146 (DLC) 2009011275 (OCoLC)317068096
ISBN 9780875867168 (electronic book)
0875867162 (electronic book)
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0875867154 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780875867151 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780875867144 (soft cover ; alkaline paper)
9780875867151 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)